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The Fire released their 2015 schedule that includes visits by Major League Soccer’s two expansion teams and 13 national television appearances as they open their 18th season on Saturday, March 6. They’ll travel to reigning MLS champion Los Angeles Galaxy for the season debut then kick off the home campaign at Toyota Park on Saturday, March 14 against Vancouver. The Fire’s unbalanced schedule includes 24 matches against Eastern Conference clubs and 10 against the West. They’ll play three-game series against New England, New York Red Bulls, Orlando, Columbus, D.C. United and Montreal. They’ll play just two games against Eastern entries New York City FC,...

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The Fire released their 2015 schedule that includes visits by Major League Soccer’s two expansion teams and 13 national television appearances as they open their 18th season on Saturday, March 6.
They’ll travel to reigning MLS champion Los Angeles Galaxy...

Thierry Henry is leaving Major League Soccer's New York Red Bulls, the former France striker said on Monday.
Henry's contract finished at the end of the current season and the Red Bulls missed out on the title-deciding MLS Cup after losing the Eastern...

There were boos and catcalls from the crowd as the Fire played to yet another tie Sunday in the waning days of their latest disappointing season.
The 0-0 draw with visiting Montreal extended the Fire's all-time league record for ties in a season to 18 as...

Jozy Altidore settled into a white plastic chair beneath a blazing sun at the U.S. team's World Cup training facility here last week, sweat beading on his furrowed brow.
It was about to get much hotter.
Altidore has known feast and famine during a...

The Fire may be less familiar with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds but they know all about the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
The four-time Cup champion Fire begin Cup play at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Toyota Park against the USL Pro League team.
“Any chance you...

The Chicago Fire appeared to come up empty-handed as the clock struck midnight Thursday to close the summer transfer window.“Nothing to report on my end at the present,” a Fire spokesman said in response to an email sent early Thursday.The Fire’s...

Forward Mike Magee was to make his 2014 debut in the starting lineup as the Chicago Fire celebrate their 17th home season opener on Sunday at Toyota Park.
The Fire (0-1-1, 1 point) met the New York Red Bulls (0-1-1, 1 point) on a partly sunny but...

Soccer star Thierry Henry was spotted at Epic Friday. Henry, my personal favorite soccer player, was in Chicago with the New York Red Bulls to face the Fire at Toyota Park.The Bulls' Kyle Korver checked out the newly opened Studio Paris, located above...

Major League Soccer awarded a franchise to Minneapolis on Wednesday, continuing an expansion that will give the league at least 23 teams by 2018.
"We have a plan here that we believe in," MLS Commissioner Don Garber said during a news...

While Miami politicians continue to offer up existing stadium sites to David Beckham, and rumors swirl about new sites the soccer icon might or might not be exploring, our Major League Soccer neighbor up the Florida Turnpike, Orlando City SC, opened its...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. Sporting Kansas City striker Dom Dwyer laid with his back flat on the Sporting Park grass, his head turned toward a darkening sky and his hands covering his face. As he popped to his feet, he pounded a fist into the dirt. A late...

Former New York Red Bulls midfielder Dane Richards is back with the team. The Major League Soccer club announced Saturday that they had signed Richards and waived defender Armando. But details on Richards' contract were not disclosed. A native of Jamaica,...

Peguy Luyindula scored his second playoff goal in as many games and the New York Red Bulls advanced to the Eastern Conference finals despite a 2-1 loss to D.C. United on Saturday at Washington.
The Red Bulls advanced 3-2 on aggregate after winning the...

A look at the two World Cup quarterfinal games scheduled for Saturday in Brazil.
ARGENTINA VS. BELGIUM
Where: Brasilia. Time: 9 a.m. PDT.
TV: ABC, Univision.
The buzz: Lionel Messi will make his 91st appearance for the Argentine national team in...

Ten of the 23 players selected to the U.S. World Cup team play their club games in Major League Soccer, the league that stands as the legacy of the 1994 tournament, the only World Cup played in this country. So who are the most decorated MLS vets to...

Apparently it is possible to have too much success.
At least that's the opinion of Vicente del Bosque, who has seen Spanish soccer achieve unprecedented levels of success in recent years.
The national team has won the last two European Championships...

There can be no more indispensable player to his national squad than Tim Cahill. Without him, the Aussies would be home for the World Cup, which is not a bad thing, given that Australia is a wonderful place to live and soccer is an afterthought to much of...

The first time Mike Magee was invited to train with the U.S. soccer national team, he was young and cocky and admits he didn't appreciate the honor.
So it's probably no surprise that it took nine years before he was asked back.
"When you're young...